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December 19, 2021 15:37

• YouTube users treat appeal to Putin in support of Ingush activists as senseless

  Salman Geroev, a Kazakhstani public figure of Ingush origin, has called on the Russian president "not to be an enemy of the Ingush people" and to intervene in the situation with the verdicts rendered to seven Ingush activists. The verdicts were passed with authorities' awareness, while an appeal to Putin is doomed to failure in advance, commentators on the YouTube have noted.

December 19, 2021 15:32

• New inquiry into torture of figurants in "Terter Case" encourages rights defenders

  Azeri law enforcement bodies have announced a restart of criminal proceedings on complaints of torture of the Azerbaijani militaries suspected of treason.

December 19, 2021 11:51

• On complaint of Gyulyalyev's relatives, GPO finds no corpus delicti in doctors' actions

  The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has refused to initiate a criminal case against doctors on the complaint lodged by relatives of Ogtai Gyulyalyev, a human rights defender, about doctors' failure to provide him with proper medical care. The GPO sees no corpus delicti in doctors' actions, Mekhman Aliev, the director of the "Turan" News Agency, has informed.

December 18, 2021 15:11

• Rally in support of Ingush protest leaders ends with picketer's detention

  Law enforcers have detained Isa Bekov, a resident of Ingushetia, during his solo picket in support of the leaders of the republic's protests. After drawing up a protocol on violation of the mask regime, the picketer was released.

December 18, 2021 14:59

• After return from Syria, Dagestani children placed under quarantine

  After medical examination, nine children evacuated from Damascus, will be sent to their relatives in Dagestan, Maria Lvova-Belova, the plenipotentiary for children's rights under the Russian President, has informed. By the children's arrival, their relatives document custody and receive the right to benefits and social welfare, said Marina Yezhova, the children's Ombudsperson of Dagestan.

December 18, 2021 12:59

• Kadyrov uses Mitsaeva to demonstrate his mercy

  The sumptuous welcoming provided to Rubati Mitsaeva by Chechen authorities is no evidence of the woman's importance; Ramzan Kadyrov only uses her to demonstrate his mercy to former opponents, Alexei Malashenko has pointed out. Mitsaeva cannot be perceived as an independent figure, but Kadyrov earned points on her, Ruslan Kutaev believes.

December 18, 2021 12:54

• Resonance in social networks entails threat for Makhachkala dancer

  The girl who danced a frank dance in Makhachkala hid her face, realizing that she would be condemned, but the police could find her and take care of her safety, Albert Esedov, a political analyst, believes. The video clip was an advertising action of a store, Shamil Khadulaev, the chairman of the Coordination Council of Dagestani NGOs, has suggested.

December 18, 2021 11:31

• Election of Mayor of Armenian city of Talin ends in scandal

  The candidate for the city Mayor, nominated by the winning opposition bloc, at the sitting of the Council of Elders, himself voted for his opponent from the ruling party, and endured by doing so the majority of votes for him.

December 17, 2021 23:59

• Resident of Dagestan confesses to murder of a sorcerer

  The police detained a man suspected of murdering a woman in Makhachkala. He explained that the woman had driven genies into him.

December 17, 2021 23:58

• Lawyers argue about ways to mitigate sentence to leaders of Ingush protest

  In addition to an appeal, seven leaders of the protest in Ingushetia sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, can address the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), suggests Vladimir Novitsky, the president of the Russian section of the International Society for Human Rights.

December 17, 2021 23:57

• Film director Sokurov complains about threats to his life received from Chechnya

  In his appeal to the Human Rights Council (HRC), film director Alexander Sokurov apologized for what had happened at a meeting with the Russian President. The film director also said that he had received warnings from friends about the threat to his life.

December 17, 2021 23:54

• AI condemns dispersal of peaceful protestors in Azerbaijan

  The human rights organization “Amnesty International” (AI) condemned the authorities of Azerbaijan for dispersing peaceful protests, in particular, a protest action on December 1. The human rights defenders called for respect for freedom of assembly.

December 17, 2021 15:46

• Azerbaijani journalists demand not to adopt new law "On Media"

  Journalists, bloggers and editors-in-chief of Azerbaijani editions have demanded from the government to recall the bill "On Media", set up a new working group and return the document for updating, treating its current version as repressive. This law will close free journalists' access to information, activists believe.

December 17, 2021 15:31

• ECtHR obliges Georgia to pay compensation to victims at action in LGBT support in 2013

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Georgia to pay compensation in the total amount of EUR 193,500 to the persons who suffered at the disruption of the celebration of the Day of Combating Transphobia and Homophobia on May 17, 2013.

December 17, 2021 12:12

• Kadyrov dances with Mitsaeva

  Ramzan Kadyrov has personally welcomed Rubati Mitsaeva, a former colleague of Akhmed Zakaev, his political opponent, who returned to her homeland with his permission, and danced with her, as follows from the posted video.

December 17, 2021 12:08

• Severe verdict to leaders of Ingush protests angers journalists and political analysts

  Seven protest leaders in Ingushetia have been demonstratively sentenced to long prison terms for the peaceful protest, where they called not to admit unrests, Russian journalists and political analysts assert.

December 17, 2021 12:01

• Azeri SC returns case of opposition leader Umudov for reconsideration

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan has cancelled the decision of the appellate instance in the case of Pasha Umudov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA). The case was returned to the court for reconsideration, the activist's advocate has informed.

December 17, 2021 12:00

• Chechnya in North-Caucasian lead in number of missing people

  In 2020, a total of 1700 people were listed as missing in Chechnya; and within the nine months of 2021 – the number is 1659. The republic is in the lead in this parameter in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and the third in Russia: it follows from the statistics of the Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

December 17, 2021 11:49

• Human rights defenders: laws arbitrary interpreted during trial against “Memorial”*

  At the trial in a case on the liquidation of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) “Memorial”*, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office complained not about the absence, but about the dimensions and location of the labelling on the status of a foreign agent on the NGO’s website. Besides, prosecutors also used as an argument the court’s decision on a fine of 500,000 roubles which had not entered into force, lawyers and human rights defenders note.

December 17, 2021 11:35

• Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson point to absence of access for Tagavard residents to community cemetery

  The Office of the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has appealed to government bodies, Russian peacemakers and international human rights organizations with a request to pay attention to the problem of Tagavard residents, who have no access to the communal cemetery, which came under Azerbaijan's control after the 2020 war.